Comments on: CrunchDeals: MacUpdate Promo Holiday Bundle for $49.99 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/10/crunchdeals-macupdate-promo-holiday-boundle-for-4999/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:04:06 -0500 hourly 1 By: StephenK http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/10/crunchdeals-macupdate-promo-holiday-boundle-for-4999/comment-page-1/#comment-958491 StephenK Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:22:42 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=58137#comment-958491 Ivan said I didn't leave enough "content", so here goes: After humming and hawing for a couple of days after learning of this deal on macrumors.com, I decided, "meh, it's only $50 (US)", and I took the plunge. Haven't tried Drive Genius -- the UI is a little retarded, but Drive Genius is the software APPLE STORE EMPLOYEES use when you bring them fuxed drives. Little Snitch is great. Virus Barrier is simple and good. KeyCue is helpful for keyboard-shortcut noobs. DefaultFolder I'll be looking into more, but seems to put a lot of things right at your fingertips in Open and Save dialog boxes, which is :D . MacPilot I haven't opened yet, but supposedly it unlocks a number of otherwise-Unix/Linux-Terminal-accessed stuff that I don't particularly want to have to learn bash in order to use. So for those alone, I'm happy-dappy-pappy. The rest appears to be BS (like MacRecipe or whateverthefsk). Anyway, how's that for content, Ivan? :shiftyeyes: Ivan said I didn’t leave enough “content”, so here goes:

After humming and hawing for a couple of days after learning of this deal on macrumors.com, I decided, “meh, it’s only $50 (US)”, and I took the plunge.

Haven’t tried Drive Genius — the UI is a little retarded, but Drive Genius is the software APPLE STORE EMPLOYEES use when you bring them fuxed drives.

Little Snitch is great.

Virus Barrier is simple and good.

KeyCue is helpful for keyboard-shortcut noobs.

DefaultFolder I’ll be looking into more, but seems to put a lot of things right at your fingertips in Open and Save dialog boxes, which is :D .

MacPilot I haven’t opened yet, but supposedly it unlocks a number of otherwise-Unix/Linux-Terminal-accessed stuff that I don’t particularly want to have to learn bash in order to use.

So for those alone, I’m happy-dappy-pappy. The rest appears to be BS (like MacRecipe or whateverthefsk).

Anyway, how’s that for content, Ivan? :shiftyeyes:

]]> By: StephenK http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/10/crunchdeals-macupdate-promo-holiday-boundle-for-4999/comment-page-1/#comment-958478 StephenK Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:11:03 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=58137#comment-958478 You're welcome, Ivan. You’re welcome, Ivan.

]]> By: Eric http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/10/crunchdeals-macupdate-promo-holiday-boundle-for-4999/comment-page-1/#comment-956820 Eric Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:36:49 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=58137#comment-956820 This is half price just for Drive Genius! It's a great deal for Mac users. Don't pass this one up. I'm already using six of these apps every day. Although Little Snitch is a pain to get set up (having it block ETQW logons was a challenge) it's nice to know no software can transmit diddly without being snitched on. This is half price just for Drive Genius! It’s a great deal for Mac users. Don’t pass this one up. I’m already using six of these apps every day. Although Little Snitch is a pain to get set up (having it block ETQW logons was a challenge) it’s nice to know no software can transmit diddly without being snitched on.

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